A huge fire broke out at a camp sheltering African migrants near Casablanca on Tuesday. According to local sources the incident was caused by a gas explosion, with fire spreading rapidly and causing damage inside the settlement.

Firefighters rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control, with no casualties reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended an exhibition of weapons and equipment seized from militants in Syria, in Moscow on Tuesday.

According to the MoD, nearly 100 different types of weapons from pistols to grenade launchers manufactured in 18 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, USA, Israel, the USSR and France were shown to the Russian leader.

Among other samples that were shown to the Russian president were military command posts equipped with digital and modular radio stations, explosive devices that were disguised as toys for children, cans of drinks and other civilian items made by the militants. The exhibition also devoted a section to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which the Russian military managed to neutralize in Syria. ‘Jihad-mobile’ – an armored civilian off-road vehicle stuffed with explosives – was among the bigger objects displayed at the exhibition.

Putin was also shown plants of poisonous substances, including mustard gas, as well as large-calibre howitzers capable of firing balloons with poisonous substances.

Archaeologists announced the discovery of a 4,400-year-old tomb belonging to a supervisor of the royal palace of King Nefer Ir-Ka-Re, at the archaeological site of Sacred Animal Necropolis in Saqqara on Saturday.

The owner of the tomb was a royal purification priest, and the supervisor of the royal palace, according to Egypt’s General Secretary of Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Mostafa Waziri.

The tomb contains 45 carved statues, which are presumed to be of the owner and his family, with Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Dr. Khaled El-Enany hailing the finding as ‘one of the most beautiful discoveries recently.’

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker flipped the hair of a female official at the EC headquarters entrance in Brussels on Friday, as the heads of EU states and governments arrived for the second day of the European Council summit. Juncker also blocked a camera with his hand & dropped papers from his lectern – all in the one day.

Lawyer of adult film star Stormy Daniels Michael Avenatti said that US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen deserved ‘every day’ of his 36-month prison sentence, and that Trump would be ‘next,’ speaking to the press outside New York’s Southern District Court on Wednesday. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9kdc

A high-speed train crashed at a station in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday morning, reportedly leaving at least 9 people dead & injuring 47. Footage shows rescue workers at the train station as they scramble to remove the bodies of those deceased, and assist the injured. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9ke1

A high-speed train crashed at a station in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday morning, reportedly leaving at least 9 people dead & injuring 47. Drone footage captures the aftermath of the crash, where derailed railroad cars and collapsed structures can be seen. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9ke8

Paramedics rushed to the scene of a shooting which left 2 people dead & 14 injured by a gunman on Tuesday evening. The gunman, who was reportedly already known to the police, opened fire at around 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) near the city’s Christmas market, and is being actively sought by the authorities. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9kap